Index of English words, starting with "ja"

(1) - Jalousied (a.) Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches.

(1) - Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam.
(2) - Jam (n.) An injury caused by jamming.
(3) - Jam (n.) A mass of people or objects crowded together; also, the pressure from a crowd; a crush; as, a jam in a street; a jam of logs in a river.
(4) - Jam (v. t.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.
(5) - Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door.
(6) - Jam (v. t.) To press into a close or tight position; to crowd; to squeeze; to wedge in.
(7) - Jam (n.) See Jamb.
(8) - Jam (n.) A kind of frock for children.

(1) - Jamaica (n.) One of the West India is islands.

(1) - Jamaican (n.) A native or inhabitant of Jamaica.
(2) - Jamaican (a.) Of or pertaining to Jamaica.

(1) - Jamb (v. t.) See Jam, v. t.
(2) - Jamb (n.) Any thick mass of rock which prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
(3) - Jamb (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly, any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face.